I have a saltwater traveler (3304?) that I use exclusively for travel, but having used it, Regal's Revolution, the Montana Mongoose, HMH TRV, and the Stonfo Transformer, I far and away prefer to use my Norvise to the point where I have begun traveling with it when I know I'll be tying more than a few flies. With Ekich bobbins it is the best rotary vise I have come across. That said, I only tie flies as needed--maybe 6 flies a week in total. My flies tend to be in the 1/0-#14 range, mostly streamers, though I tie larger flies on it several times a year.
My son ties a lot more than I do (1-2 dozen flies a week) and having used most of the other vises I've tried out he also prefers the Norvise and uses Ekich bobbins. His flies tend to be in the #6-#22 range, mostly trout flies and nymphs.
Norvises can be found on Ebay quite often for 1/2 retail, and they seem to be bulletproof. Got my son's for $120 a few years ago.
As an aside, the Ekich bobbins are amazing even if not using a norvise. You don't have to load thread onto fiddly special bobbins like the Norvise bobbins. Just put your regular thread onto the axle and away you go.
My son ties a lot more than I do (1-2 dozen flies a week) and having used most of the other vises I've tried out he also prefers the Norvise and uses Ekich bobbins. His flies tend to be in the #6-#22 range, mostly trout flies and nymphs.
Norvises can be found on Ebay quite often for 1/2 retail, and they seem to be bulletproof. Got my son's for $120 a few years ago.
As an aside, the Ekich bobbins are amazing even if not using a norvise. You don't have to load thread onto fiddly special bobbins like the Norvise bobbins. Just put your regular thread onto the axle and away you go.
